UT researchers have made the first discovery of viruses infecting ancient archaea that may further scientists’ current understanding of the origins of life.
Asgard Archaea are ancient prokaryotes...
A team of scientists at UT and Texas A&M developed a new “electronic tattoo” that can continuously monitor blood pressure, providing key insights that could help identify and understand conditions...
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the July 6, 2022 flipbook.
The global processing tomato production is projected to decrease 6% by 2050, a recent study co-authored by UT researchers found...
New findings by UT researchers may help scientists identify the geometry and patterns of dried-up ancient rivers, such as the 3.5 billion-year-old rivers that once flowed on Mars, and provide insight for...
A 34-year-long experiment on E. Coli to understand how bacteria grow, reproduce and develop new traits found a new home at UT on June 21.
Originally founded by Richard Lenski at the University of...
The United States Supreme Court is more conservative than 75% of Americans, according to research from a UT professor.
Stephen Jessee, an associate government professor, led a decade-long study that...
The Caribbean is a region recognized for its rich biodiversity, but the long-standing legacy of colonialism continues to create gaps in scientists’ understanding of the area’s natural history. This...
A new low-cost, sustainable polymer gel film produced by UT researchers may hold the key to aiding water scarcity in two-thirds of the global population.
The thin and porous film, made out of the cooking...
An international team led by UT researchers created a key component for the next generation of wireless communication — sixth-generation network applications — that will allow for faster and more energy-efficient...
New research on electric fish by a team of researchers at UT and Michigan State University revealed information about how these fish evolved their electric organs and could help future researchers better...
Researchers used UT’s supercomputer to generate simulated images of Sagittarius A*, a supermassive black hole that potentially lays at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, a finding that provides stronger...
A team of archaeologists, including a UT researcher, discovered the earliest known record of the Maya calendar system from the third century B.C.
Their findings, published April 13 in Science Advances,...
